European Union - Compensation of employees

Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in European Union was 16.07 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 16.07 in 2007, while its lowest value was 10.19 in 1991.

Definition: Compensation of employees consists of all payments in cash, as well as in kind (such as food and housing), to employees in return for services rendered, and government contributions to social insurance schemes such as social security and pensions that provide benefits to employees.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1978 15.26
1979 14.92
1980 13.46
1981 13.62
1982 13.31
1983 12.90
1984 12.45
1985 12.51
1986 11.43
1987 11.73
1988 12.84
1989 12.74
1990 12.40
1991 10.19
1992 11.78
1993 11.48
1994 11.30
1995 14.65
1996 14.30
1997 14.65
1998 15.23
1999 13.69
2000 13.74
2001 14.59
2002 14.79
2003 14.63
2004 15.10
2005 15.83
2006 15.55
2007 16.07
2008 15.59
2009 14.94
2010 14.13
2011 13.96
2012 14.04
2013 14.88
2014 14.67
2015 14.55
2016 15.72
2017 15.63
2018 15.94
2019 16.07

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance